Valentyna Radzymovska

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Valentyna Radzymovska

Valentyna Radzymovska (born October 1, 1886 – December 22, 1953) was a Ukrainian researcher in the fields of biochemistry and physiology, public activist of Ukrainian national movement.

Early life and career[]

Valentyna was born in Lubny in family of Ukrainian writers. Her mother was Lyubov Yanovska.

She studied in St Petersburg University due to special permission from Nicolas II, Russian Emperor, as women were not allowed to study in the University those days. Still she was prohibited from studying medicine as she took part in illegal political activity supporting Ukrainian national rennessance. So in 1904 she should leave for Kyiv where she actually was graduated from the University in 1913. Radzymovska joined physiological chemistry chair staff under Oleksii Sadoven.

In 1924 she defended her doctoral thesis and became professor of biochemistry and physiology in Medical Institute and People's Educational Institute in Kyiv.

Later in 1930 she was arrested by Soviet State Political Directorate on political accusations in Union for the Freedom of Ukraine trial. Later she was released from custody but still fired from her research positions. Radzymovska recovered some of them in mid 1930's. In 1939-1941 she was physiology professor in Melitopol Educational Institute.

In 1941 she stayed in Ukraine during German invasion and occupation. She hold positions in Kiyv Clinical Medicine Institute and Chair in Lviv University. In 1943 she left to Germany and in 1950 to USA.

Death[]

She died in Illinois on December 22, 1953.

Family[]

Her children were Olga and Eugene Radzymovsky. Eugene was researcher in engineering (1905-1975), professor in University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign since 1959.

Notable works[]

• Krontovski, A. A.; Radzimovska, V. V. (1922). "On the influence of changes of concentration of the H• resp. OH′ ions on the life of the tissue cells of vertebrates". The Journal of Physiology. 56 (5): 275–282. doi:10.1113/jphysiol.1922.sp002010. ISSN 0022-3751. PMC 1405378.
• Radzimowska, W. W.; Jazimirska, M. C. (1925). "Über die Bestimmung der Wasserstoffionen-Konzentration in Einzelnen Bakterienkolonien". Klinische Wochenschrift. 4 (2): 72–73. doi:10.1007/BF01748138. ISSN 0023-2173.

Sources[]

• Ivan Rozhin. Valentina Radzimovsky: SHORT SKETCH OF HER LIFE, HER SCIENTIFIC AND PUBLIC ACTIVITY.; Published by the Ukrainian Free Academy of Sciences — Winnipeg, 1968. — 48 p.